Topics
Follow the themes shaping the GB electricity networks, from connections reform and price controls to storage and flexibility.
Outages & Resilience
130 storiesPower cuts, storms and major incidents, how networks restore supply, and work to make the system more resilient.
Offshore Wind & Transmission Build
75 storiesOffshore wind connections, HVDC links, interconnectors and the build-out of the onshore transmission network.
Security of Supply
64 storiesWhether there is enough capacity to meet demand: NESO's winter outlooks, margin notices and longer-term security of supply.
Connections Reform
46 storiesReform of the GB connections queue: NESO's Gate 2 process, re-ordered connection offers, demand and generation queue management, and Ofgem's decisions on it.
Planning for Lines & Substations
43 storiesPlanning and consent for new overhead lines, underground cables and substations, community benefits and local opposition.
Strategic & Regional Planning
30 storiesNESO's strategic planning work: the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan, the Centralised Strategic Network Plan and the Regional Energy Strategic Plans.
DSO & Flexibility
18 storiesThe move from DNO to distribution system operator (DSO), local flexibility markets, demand response and the market facilitator role.
CfD & Capacity Market
12 storiesContracts for Difference allocation rounds and Capacity Market auctions: results, rule changes and their effect on what connects to the grid.
Network Charging
11 storiesHow network costs are recovered: DUoS and TNUoS charges, connection charging, Ofgem's charging reviews and their effect on generators, storage and demand.
RIIO Price Controls
8 storiesOfgem's RIIO price controls for the network companies: RIIO-ED2 for distribution, RIIO-T3 for transmission, and work towards ED3.
Clean Power 2030
7 storiesThe government's Clean Power 2030 mission and action plan, and what it means for network build, connections and system operation.
Great British Energy
5 storiesGreat British Energy, the publicly owned energy company, and its investments in generation, storage and community energy.
Battery Storage
4 storiesGrid-scale battery storage: connections, co-location with solar and wind, revenues from system services and the rules that shape them.
ICP & IDNO Competition
4 storiesCompetition in connections: independent connection providers (ICPs), IDNOs, the NERS accreditation scheme and Ofgem's rules on contestable work.
Long-Duration Storage
2 storiesLong-duration electricity storage, including pumped hydro and the Ofgem cap and floor scheme for new projects.